ITR4580505: Gardens of the Chateau de Breteuil in Les Yvelines. Le Chateau did not take the name Breteuil until 1817, the name of the family that had owned it for more than a century. The castle is Louis XIII. Its roof and curved corner pavilions were inspired by Mansart in the 19th century. It was rebuilt between 1600 and 1629 by Thibault Desportes. Photography 1999. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4580757: Circumpolar - Circumpolar - Photographic pose showing the apparent rotation of stars around the polar star. Iran. Long exposure image of starry sky around the pole star. Iran / Bridgeman Images

OMG4580814: Boulevard Unirii in Bucharest, Romania. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581095: Star Trains on the Observatory of Siding Spring - Star trails above Anglo - Australian Observatory - Photographic installation of several hours and dome of Siding Spring's 3.9m telescope. As the earth rotates the stars appear to move across the sky, as do the more obvious sun and Moon This effect is easily recorded by leaving a camera outdoors with its shutter open during the night. To make this picture, the camera was pointed to the southwest, towards the dome of the AAT, from the UK Schmidt building on Siding Spring Mountain in New South Wales / Bridgeman Images

TEC4558848: Graphic effect / Bridgeman Images

TEC4558860: Graphic effect / Bridgeman Images

TEC4558887: L'Infobox, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany. Schneider - Schumacher Architecture 1995. Photography 10/06/95 / Bridgeman Images

OMG4558987: Architectonic concrete detail “” palazzo”””. / Bridgeman Images

OMG4558999: Architectonic concrete detail “” palazzo”””. / Bridgeman Images

OMG4559005: Detail of the concrete facade of the polyvalent lycee of Strasbourg, Bas Rhin (Bas-Rhin), Alsace, France. / Bridgeman Images

OMG4602257: Town hall of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, 2 place Baudoyer. Construction 1866-1868, architect Antoine Nicolas Bailly (1810-1892). Photography 1999. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602279: The International Space Station (ISS) 11/2008 - The International Space Station 11/2008 - View of the International Space Station over the Earth after the start of the space shuttle Endeavour (mission STS - 126) on 28 November 2008 28 Nov. 2008 - Backdropped by a cloud - covered part of Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) is seen from Space Shuttle Endeavour as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 126 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 11 days, 16 hours and 46 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 8:47 a.m. (CST) on Nov. 28, 2008 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602285: Physical training on board ISS - An astronaut takes physical exercise in ISS - Astronaut Sandra Magnus performs physical exercises on board the International Space Station (ISS). 02/2009 Astronaut Sandra Magnus, Expedition 18 flight engineer, exercises on the advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) in the Unity node of the International Space Station. 02/2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602309: The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2009 - The International Space Station (ISS) 03/2009 - View of the International Space Station after the start of the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS - 119) on 25 March 2009. Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 119 and Expedition 18 crews concluded 9 days, 20 hours and 10 minutes of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:53 p.m. (CDT) on March 25, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

ITR4602358: La Maison de Victor Hugo, in the Hotel Rohan-Guemenee (Rohan Guemenee), 6 place des Vosges, Paris 75004. Architecture by Isaac Arnaud, 1605. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602452: The International Space Station: Kibo Laboratory - The International Space Station: Kibo Laboratory - View of the external experimental platform of the Japanese Kibo laboratory installed on the International Space Station (ISS) during the STS mission - 127. 24 July 2009. This view of the Japanese Experiment Module - Exposed Facility (JEF), was photographed through the forward JEM window by one of the Expedition 20 crew members. This was an important part of the activity of flight day 10 for the STS - 127 Endeavour crew and its hosts onboard the International Space Station. 24 July 2009 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602471: The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2009 - The International Space Station (ISS) 07/2009 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 127 on 28 July 2009. Framed by a window on Space Shuttle Endeavour, the International Space Station is seen from the shuttle as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. Earlier the STS - 127 and Expedition 20 crews concluded 11 days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 12:26 p.m. (CDT) on July 28, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602502: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602509: Stained glass windows of the Cathedrale de Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602556: Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronauts in weightlessness - Astronaut Nicole Stott effortlessly raises cosmonaut Maxim Suraev in the Columbus module of the International Space Station (ISS). 17 November 2009. NASA astronaut Nicole Stott and Russian cosmonaut Maxim Suraev, both Expedition 21 flight engineers, pose for a photo in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). November 17, 2009 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4602575: The Cathedral of Chartres (Eure and Loire). Built partly from 1145, and rebuilt in twenty-six years after the fire of 1194, it is the monument par excellence of French Gothic art. Its vast nave of the purest ogival style, its porches with admirable mid-12th century sculptures, its shimmering set of stained glass windows from the 12th and 13th centuries make it an exceptional masterpiece and remarkably well preserved. The Cathedrale de Chartres has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Photography 30/06/05. / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602677: ISS: Tranquility module transfer - 02/2010 - Tranquility module transfer - 02/2010 - The Tranquility module (Node - 3) is transferred from the cargo compartment of the space shuttle Endeavour to be installed on the International Space Station (ISS). 11 February 2010. In the grasp of the station's Canadarm2, the Tranquility module is transferred from its stowage position in space shuttle Endeavour's (STS - 130) payload bay to position it on the port side of the Unity node of the International Space Station (ISS). Tranquility was locked in place with 16 remotely - controlled bolts. February 11 201 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602706: ISS: astronaut exit and Cupola - Astronaut with Cupola module on ISS - Astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in a space trip to continue the construction and maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS). He works here on Cupola, the new observation module. 17 February 2010. NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick participates in the mission's third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five - hour, 48 - minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Behnken completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupola's seven windows. February 17, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602807: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602818: Experience aboard the International Space Station - Astronaut and experiment in Columbus (ISS) - Astronaut Soichi Noguchi is working on a Microgravity Science Glovebox experiment in the Columbus Laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS). January 28, 2010. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, Expedition 22 flight engineer, works with the European Space Agency (ESA) science payload Selectable Optical Diagnostics Instrument/Influence of Vibration on Diffusion in Liquids (SODI/IVIDIL) hardware in the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) facility located in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station. 28 January 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602846: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

PIX4602854: The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - The International Space Station (ISS) 02/2010 - View of the International Space Station from Space Shuttle Endeavour at the end of the STS mission - 130 on 19 February 2010. The International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS - 130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post - undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010 / Bridgeman Images

TEC4559472: Lycee Jules Ferry to Paris 9th arrondissement. / Bridgeman Images

TEC4559511: Lycee Henri IV in Paris 5th arrondissement. Architect Henri Labrouste (1801-1875). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581189: Circumpolar - southern hemisphere - Southern Sky & Milky Way (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia) - Lake Titicaca A long time exposure reveals the motion of the stars against a foreground of reel huts and a scale model of Thor Heyerdal's Ra II / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581507: The Pleiades cluster with zodiacal light - The Pleiades cluster with zodiacal light - The zodiacal light that extends here from the bottom right of the image to the Pleiades and the Taurus, comes from the reflection of the light of the Sun on the countless interplanetary dust; it draws the plane of the Solar System. The faint cone of light extending from the horizon along the ecliptic is known as zodiacal light. It comes from the reflexion of the sun's light off tiny interplanetary dust particles in the plane of the solar system. One can see it here from the bottom right of the image to beyond the Pleiades cluster in the center of the image / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581790: Lighthouse and starry night - Lighthouse and starry night - The light beam at the end of the Audierne dam draws a cone of light in the night. Brittany, 27 September 2008. The light beam of the lighthouse located at the end of the dike of Audierne is drawing a cone in the night. Brittany, 27 September 2008 / Bridgeman Images

LBY4581833: The new tram line Line C (2006), Grenoble/Moirans, crosses 5 communes on 13.5 km with 26 stations, Photography 15/09/06, in Grenoble (Isere, Rhone Alpes). / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581941: The castle of Roquefixades (09) under the stars - Starry sky above the castle of Roquefixade - Star sky above the cathar castle of Roquefixade in Ariege. Starry sky above the Cathar castle of Roquefixade / Bridgeman Images

PIX4581981: The castle of Roussillon under the stars - Starry sky above the castle of Roussillon - Sky star above the castle of Roussillon in the Lot. Starry sky above the castle of Roussillon in Lot department / Bridgeman Images

PIX4582060: Star sky above the Pont du Gard - Starry sky above the Pont du Gard - Star sky above the Pont du Gard / Bridgeman Images